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Grant Cox

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Research Fellow, University of Adelaide

I am an earth scientist who conducts research on the geochemistry of geological and environmental samples. My research broadly centres around the interaction between solid earth processes, such as tectonics and magmatism, with the Earth’s oceans, atmosphere and climate. Specifically, this work involves investigations into continental weathering, sedimentary provenance, sequence stratigraphy, sedimentary basin development, the development and distribution of black shales, ocean redox and the rise of atmospheric oxygen.

I studied business at Charles Sturt University and both chemistry and geology at the University of Adelaide. This was followed by postgraduate research at McGill University and I held the position of Vanier Scholar with the National Research Council of Canada. Since relocating back to Australia I have held research positions at both Curtin University and University of Adelaide.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
  • 2015–2016
    Research Fellow, Curtin University
  • 2010–2015
    Postgraduate Researcher, McGill University

Education

  • 2015 
    McGill University, P.h.D
  • 2009 
    University of Adelaide, Honours
  • 2008 
    University of Adelaide, B.Sc (Geology & Chemistry)
  • 1996 
    Charles Sturt University, B.Business

Publications

  • 2017
    Iron isotope biogeochemistry of Neoproterozoic marine shales, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • 2017
    Long term evolution of Earth's magnetic field strength: Supercontinent cycles and nucleation of the inner core, EGU
  • 2017
    The Derim Derim Event of Northern Australia – Geochemical characterisation and impact on hydrocarbon development, Rodinia 2017
  • 2017
    Late Neoproterozoic Adakitic Magmatism of the Eastern Arabian Nubian Shield, Geoscience Frontiers, Geoscience Frontiers
  • 2017
    Cryogenian magmatism along the north-western margin of Laurentia: Plume or Rift?, Precambrian Research
  • 2017
    Geochemical constraints on the provenance of pre-Mississippian sedimentary rocks in the North Slope of Yukon and Alaska, GSA Books
  • 2017
    Tectonic Geography and Provenance of the Mesoproterozoic Petroleum-Bearing Roper Group, McArthur Basin, Futurores 2017
  • 2017
    Does the earth have a fundamental frequency, Rodinia 2017
  • 2017
    Synthesis of the 780−740 Ma Chuar, Uinta Mountain, and Pahrump (ChUMP) groups, western USA: Implications for Laurentia-wide cratonic marine basins, GSA Bulletin
  • 2017
    Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology, Science Advances
  • 2016
    Tsunamigenic potential of the Kerguelen Plateau, GA Record
  • 2016
    Continental flood basalt weathering as a trigger for Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth, EPSL
  • 2016
    Was the rise of atmospheric oxygen and inside job?, CCFS 2016
  • 2016
    Reconstructing the record of Continental Flood Basalt (CFB) and Ocean Island Basalt (OIB) geochemistry: initial results from a data mining approach., AESC 2016
  • 2016
    Basin Redox and Primary Productivity in the Mesoproterozoic Roper Seaway, Chemical Geology
  • 2016
    Microbial diversity and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the 1.4 Ga Roper Seaway, McArthur Basin, northern Australia., AESC 2016
  • 2016
    Geochemistry and Geochronology of Circumferential Dykes of the Franklin LIP: A Rotated Perspective on Plate Reconstruction, Dyke 2016
  • 2016
    A model for Cryogenian iron formation, EPSL
  • 2016
    The Carrancas Formation, Bambuí Group: A record of pre-Marinoan sedimentation on the southern São Francisco craton, Brazil, South American Journal of Earth Sciences
  • 2015
    Kikiktat Volcanics of Arctic Alaska – Melting of harzburgitic mantle associated with the Franklin Large Igneous Province, Lithosphere
  • 2015
    The Franklin Large Igneous Province and Initiation of the Sturtian Snowball Earth Glaciation, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
  • 2013
    Neoproterozoic iron formation: An evaluation of its temporal, environmental and tectonic significance, Chemical Geology
  • 2013
    The U-Pb age, geochemistry and tectonic significance of granitoids in the Soursat Complex, Northwest Iran, Turkish Journal of Earth Science
  • 2013
    A middle–late Ediacaran volcano-sedimentary record from the eastern Arabian-Nubian shield, Tera Nova
  • 2012
    Mount Harper Volcanic Complex, Ogilvie Mountains: A far-flung occurrence of the Franklin igneous event?, Exploration & Geology
  • 2012
    Early Neoproterozoic Basin Formation in Yukon, Canada: Implications for the make-up and break-up of Rodinia, Geoscience Canada
  • 2012
    Cryogenian glaciations on the southern tropical paleomargin of Laurentia (NE Svalbard and East Greenland), and a primary origin for the upper Russya (Islay) carbon isotope excursion, Precambrian Research
  • 2012
    Ediacaran terrane accretion within the Arabian-Nubian Shield, Gondwana Research
  • 2011
    Sea ice free conditions during the Sturtian glaciation (early Cryogenian), South Australia, Geology
  • 2011
    Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic correlations in the western Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Exploration & Geology
  • 2011
    Two Cryogenian glacial successions compared: Aspects of the Sturt and Elatina sediment records of South Australia:, Precambrian Research

Grants and Contracts

  • 2012
    Vanier Scholar
    Role:
    1
    Funding Source:
    National Research Council Canada

Research Areas

  • Isotope Geochemistry (040203)
  • Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology (040304)
  • Petroleum And Coal Geology (040309)
  • Organic Geochemistry (040204)

Honours

Vanier Scholar - Government of Canada, Tate Medal Winner - University of Adelaide